Yup, I just turned on my Vox and got the little Android character up in the status bar saying "Update available" and I'm downloading it now. Good thing I'd plugged it in this morning to top up the battery. I wish someone from Kobo had posted here what changes we should expect.

Okay, it restarted a couple of times and the final time I get a screen telling me What's New. It's just a software update. I checked for a firmware update and there isn't one.

Hmmmm. Gingerbreak seems to not be working. USB debugging on, but nothing happening.

Did you try removing GB and reinstalling? I seem to recall this was an issue last update (I don't know...I did not apply that update and I will not apply this one either until there is some consensus on its pluses and minuses).

Removing GB and reinstalling didn't work for the beta, so probably not for the update.

First, if you have already installed Android Market, it still works properly after the update. If you want it and don't currently have it and don't really need root otherwise, root using GB and get Android Market using Danifunker's app before updating.

Second, if you still want root after the update, you can do it by getting adb working for the Vox, then use SuperOneClick. I don't yet have the new update (just the beta), but after I get it, I'll give a few more pointers.

Did you try removing GB and reinstalling? I seem to recall this was an issue last update.

Tried that, but it's still just hanging on the 'thinking circle' when I press Root Device.

Oh well. Guess someone had to be the first to try the update. I'd recommend against applying it if you are indeed rooted, at least until we find out if we can root if after this new update.

As far as what's included in this update, seems they have implemented some new bookshelf themes, but no new sorting settings as far as I can see. One real Pain in the but addition seems to be a new Recommended Reading tab in the Kobo app, which seems to be as badly implemented as the Kobo Touch one, as all but one of my recommendations are in German (all my books are in english). Really Kobo, this was a Priority?

Maybe the appearance has changed a bit, but I wouldn't be able to tell unless I had the old and new side by side. Mostly it's promo stuff, like book recommendations (from mining your data?) and Facebooky stuff. It didn't say anything about system bug fixes. However, I did notice that when I now tap the book I was reading in "Recent reads" in Aldiko, it opens right away. Previously, I had to hammer on it repeatedly and sometimes go to the shelf view to open it.

Removing GB and reinstalling didn't work for the beta, so probably not for the update.

First, if you have already installed Android Market, it still works properly after the update.

I can confirm that reinstalling Gingerbreak isn't working to re-root after the update. I also am having trouble with the market after the update. I had it before, but now can't add my Google account either in the market or in the Sync settings tab. So not sure that the Market does work after this update.

Wow, seems they updated the Kobo mosaic widget as well, which now includes a 'Recommended Just For You" bar displaying 4 book covers. This, while slightly unwanted I'm sure not just by me, is made more agrivation by the fact that all 4 of my recommended books are in German. I neither speak German, or have any German books or books about Germany in my Library. The Kobo team must be having a grand old time rolling around in all that ad-revenue money....